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The New Space Race

The Google Lunar XPRIZE was created with two goals in mind. To spur affordable access to the moon and give space entrepreneurs a legitimate platform to develop long-term business models around lunar transportation and to inspire the next generation of scientists, engineers, space explorers and adventurers to enter the STEM fields.

Prize Purse

$20 Million Grand Prize

$5 Million Second Place Prize

$5 Million in Bonus Prizes - $1 Million Diversity Prize awarded in 2014

Additional Milestone Prizes

$5.25 Million Terrestrial Milestone prizes awarded in 2012

$4.75 Million In-Space Milestone prizes

Summary Video

The Grand Challenge

Space exploration had been in the exclusive domain of governments. Commercial exploration had not been a viable option, restricting creativity and resources of private markets.

How to Win

The winning team will...

Impact

• Over 300 Million (USD) invested into Google Lunar XPRIZE teams

• First private space companies created in India, Malaysia, Israel and Hungary